NILC Statement on SCOTUS Birthright Citizenship Decision
Published Jun 30, 2026 Kica Matos, president of the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on birthright citizenship.
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Federal Court Preliminarily Approves Classwide Settlement of Civil Rights Lawsuit Challenging Workplace ICE Raid
Federal Court Preliminarily Approves Classwide Settlement of Civil Rights Lawsuit Challenging Workplace ICE Raid
Published Oct 19, 2022 KNOXVILLE, TN — On Oct. 19, a federal judge preliminarily approved a class settlement of a lawsuit challenging an April 2018 immigration raid. The settlement provides over $1 million to workers detained as part of the raid, which took place...
NILC Welcomes Interim Executive Director and Announces Promotions to New Vice President Roles
NILC Welcomes Interim Executive Director and Announces Promotions to New Vice President Roles
Published Oct 19, 2022 WASHINGTON — The National Immigration Law Center (NILC) and the NILC Immigrant Justice Fund (IJF) today welcomed Sara K. Gould as the new interim executive director of both organizations, with Marielena Hincapié set to depart in...
NILC Calls for Immediate Resignation of LA City Council Members Gil Cedillo and Kevin de Leon
NILC Calls for Immediate Resignation of LA City Council Members Gil Cedillo and Kevin de Leon
Published Oct 13, 2022 LOS ANGELES — Marielena Hincapié, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center – a national organization headquartered in Los Angeles that advocates on behalf of low-income immigrants and their loved ones – issued the...
NILC Statement on Fifth Circuit DACA Decision in Texas v. United States
NILC Statement on Fifth Circuit DACA Decision in Texas v. United States
Published Oct 5, 2022 WASHINGTON — Marielena Hincapié, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a decision on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals...
NILC Statement on Biden Administration’s Planned Expansion of Title 42 Expulsions
NILC Statement on Biden Administration’s Planned Expansion of Title 42 Expulsions
Published Sep 15, 2022 WASHINGTON — Marielena Hincapié, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to reports that the Biden administration is aiming to expand the use of Title 42...
NILC Statement on Biden Administration’s Public Charge Rule
NILC Statement on Biden Administration’s Public Charge Rule
Published Sep 8, 2022 WASHINGTON — Marielena Hincapié, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to the Biden administration’s new public charge...
NILC Statement on Biden Administration’s New DACA Regulation
NILC Statement on Biden Administration’s New DACA Regulation
Published Aug 24, 2022 WASHINGTON — Marielena Hincapié, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to the Biden administration’s newly released regulation on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals...
NILC and SPLC Win Class Certification in Lawsuit Alleging ICE and IRS Agents Violated Workers’ Civil Rights During Workplace Raid
NILC and SPLC Win Class Certification in Lawsuit Alleging ICE and IRS Agents Violated Workers’ Civil Rights During Workplace Raid
Published Aug 11, 2022 WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal court in Tennessee has cleared the way for a collective federal civil rights action brought on behalf of over 100 Latino workers against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Internal Revenue Service...
NILC Celebrates Senate Passage of Health and Climate Bill, Rejection of Anti-Immigrant Agenda
NILC Celebrates Senate Passage of Health and Climate Bill, Rejection of Anti-Immigrant Agenda
Published Aug 7, 2022 WASHINGTON — Marielena Hincapié, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement upon Senate passage of the Inflation Reduction Act — landmark health and climate...
NILC Statement Urging Democrats to Reject Harmful Anti-Immigrant Amendments in Crucial Reconciliation Bill
NILC Statement Urging Democrats to Reject Harmful Anti-Immigrant Amendments in Crucial Reconciliation Bill
Published Aug 2, 2022 WASHINGTON — Marielena Hincapié, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement ahead of the upcoming deliberation in Congress on a health care and climate...
NILC Statement on Court Decision in Pars Equality Center v. Pompeo
NILC Statement on Court Decision in Pars Equality Center v. Pompeo
Published Aug 2, 2022 WASHINGTON — After a federal court ruled that the Biden administration must undo the harms of the Muslim and African Bans and reconsider denied visa applications, Max Wolson, staff attorney at the National Immigration Law Center, issued the...
Families, Civil Rights Organizations Celebrate Court Decision that U.S. Government Must Redress Muslim Ban Harms
Families, Civil Rights Organizations Celebrate Court Decision that U.S. Government Must Redress Muslim Ban Harms
Published Aug 2, 2022 SAN FRANCISCO – While families remain separated by the Trump administration’s racist and Islamophobic Muslim and African Bans, a federal court in San Francisco ruled in Pars Equality Center, et. al. v. Pompeo, et. al. that the Biden...
NILC Statement on the Nomination of Araceli Martínez-Olguín to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
NILC Statement on the Nomination of Araceli Martínez-Olguín to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Published Jul 29, 2022 WASHINGTON — Marielena Hincapié, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), issued the following statement on President Biden’s nomination of Araceli Martínez-Olguín, a supervising attorney at NILC, to serve as a...
NILC Statement on the Department of Labor’s Guidance for Workers Involved in Labor Disputes
NILC Statement on the Department of Labor’s Guidance for Workers Involved in Labor Disputes
Published Jul 6, 2022 WASHINGTON — Marielena Hincapié, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s announcement of a process by which workers involved in labor disputes can...
NILC Statement on the Supreme Court Ruling Decision on Remain in Mexico
NILC Statement on the Supreme Court Ruling Decision on Remain in Mexico
Published Jun 30, 2022 WASHINGTON — Marielena Hincapié, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Biden v....